Sentence examples for would stand pat from inspiring English sources

Could commercial forecasts of July inflation have been improved by knowing that the Fed would stand pat?

This bolstered hopes the Federal Reserve would stand pat on interest rates at Tuesday's policy-setting meeting.

If Amgen won, they would stand pat and let the appreciation take Amgen to about 7percentt of the fund's assets.

Although a majority of analysts had predicted that the bank would stand pat, expectations are building that it will soon raise borrowing costs and start unwinding the stimulatory package in the months ahead.

Today, despite mounting grumbling from Assembly Democrats that the new revenue numbers should be a call to a new round of spending bills, Mr. Silver said he would stand pat for now.

Even though the Bank of Japan suggested it would stand pat on rates, the government has signaled that it might deploy other tools to stimulate the sluggish, export-driven economy.

Then again, we'd stand pat and wait until this fall, when VW unleashes a 1.8-liter four with 180 horsepower (the same juice cranked out by the same engine in the more expensive TT), or an optional four-valve, 201-horsepower V-6 engine with a six-speed manual transmission.

He advocates going forward for the same reason you wouldn't stand pat in the middle of a busy intersection with traffic oncoming.

I'd like to stand pat with all three of the Euro/U.S. group: drugmakers Merck (32, MRK) and Pfizer (24, PFE), and Autoliv (45, ALV), the world's largest manufacturer of auto safety equipment like air bags.

"I think if they would've stood pat it would have been the wrong decision.

He cautioned that the knee might jerk in the opposite direction if job creation exceeds forecasts, out of concern that the Fed would feel compelled to stand pat at its next meeting, near the end of January.